WEBVTT DA SAYS SHE WANTS TO WARNPARENTS AND LOVED ONES OF PEOPLESUFFERING FROM ADDICTION ABOUT ADEADLY TREND SHE'S SEEING.KAREN ANDERSON IS HERE WITH THISONE.REPORTER: MOST PEOPLE THINK OFTHEIR HOME AS THE SAFEST PLACEBUT RIGHT NOW IN MIDDLESEXCOUNTY IT'S ALSO BEEN THE PLACEWHERE ALMOST EVERY FATALOVERDOSE THIS YEAR HAS HAPPENED.THE DA, DOCTORS AND PARENTS WHOHAVE LOST LOVED ONES WANT TOWARN OTHERS AND ARE SPEAKINGOUHANNAH OVERDOSED AND DIED ATJUST 21 YEARS OLD.>> I HAVE TO WONDER WHAT MIGHTHAVE BEEN.REPORTER: HANNAH ISN'T ALONE.SO FAR THIS YEAR IN MIDDLESEX,18 PEOPLE HAVE DIED FROMOVERDOSE.17 OF THOSE HAPPENED IN HOMES.ALMOST ALL OF THEM IN THEPERSON'S OWN HOME.OF ALL THE FATAL OVERDOSES INMIDDLESEX COUNTY LAST YEAR, MORETHAN 72% HAPPENED IN THE HOME.>> WE NEVER EVER LOSE SIGHT OFTHE FACT THAT BEHIND EVERY ONEOF THOSE NUMBERS IS A PERSON ANDA FAMILY THAT THEY LEAVE BEHIND.REPORTER: MIDDLESEX COUNTY'SDISTRICT ATTORNEY ONCE PARENTSAND LOVED ONES TO BE AWARE OFTHE DANGERS AND KNOW THE WARNINGSIGNS.>> YOU WILL HEAR A GURGLINGSOUND OR KIND OF A SONOROUSSNORING SOUND THAT THEYINTERPRET AS SNORING, WHICH ISREALLY ADDLED BREATHINGASSOCIATED WITH THE OVERDOSEPROCESS.REPORTER: DR. O'CONNOR SAYSPARENTS SHOULD HAVE NARCAN ATHOME, MONITOR BREATHING, AND BEVIGILANT.>> AS A PARENT OF AN ADDICT, IKNOW IT IS DIFFICULT TO BECHECKING ON YOUR CHILD EVERY 20MINUTES, AND THAT IS NOT WHAT IAM TALKING ABOUT.YOU NEED TO REALLY KNOW WHAT ISGOING ON IN EUROS HOME.>> THERE ARE CERTAINLY SIGNS YOUCAN FIND IN THE ROOM.LOOKING BACK ON IT, I MISSEDSOME OF THOSE, LIKE CUT STRAWSBECAUSE SHE APPARENTLY SNORTEDHEROIN SOME OF THE TIME.REPORTER: SHE IS NOW WORKINGWITH THE DA TO RAISE AWARENESS.>> IF YOU LIKE WE HAVE LOSTSOMEBODY WHO COULD HAVE APOSITIVE IMPACT IN THIS WORLD.REPORTER: THE DISTRICT ATTORNEYSAYS IN MOST OF THE FATALOVERDOSES THIS YEAR, SOMEONEELSE WAS IN THE HOME AT THE TIME, AND IN HALF OF THE CASES THEPERSON WAS IN CONTACT SHORTLYBEFORE THE OVERDOSE, SO THEY